Kristin Winkel, Director of Homeless Housing Initiatives

King County Housing Authority

February 22, 2013

VASH

NED

HCV

FUP

HUD

Biggest source of deeply subsidized housing Section 8 and Public Housing rent subsidies

can serve extremely low income households Incremental new vouchers all target special

populations, many homeless Veterans, Child-welfare-involved families, Non-elderly disabled

Existing relationships with private landlords

Negative community perception

Landlord acceptance of Section 8 program

Lack of adequate services for hard to serve populations

Cuts to administrative fees

Invite local PHA to join regional efforts to end

homelessness

Improve community perception of PHA by

targeting special needs populations (i.e.

veterans, youth aging out of foster care)

Offer services to support housing stability

Boost utilization of Section 8 resources

Reduce administrative time for PHA staff

Support housing retention

Improve competitiveness for new vouchers

Ask for preferences for:

People who are homeless

Engaged with services providers

Youth aging out of foster care

Request that screening criteria be reduced

Set-asides of vouchers or public housing units

Office space at PHA or in community

KCHA

Disability Vouchers

Tenant-based voucher program

-1800 targeted NED vouchers

-50% formerly homeless

Consortium of service partners, spanning various disability systems

Coordination and supplemental services provided by YWCA

Housing Access and Services Program

(HASP)

GENERAL S8 VOUCHER PROGRAM

EXITS IN 2011

SPECIAL PURPOSE VOUCHER PROGRAM*

EXITS IN 2011

41% of exits were successful or likely successful

42% of exits were successful or likely successful

* Special purpose vouchers include VASH, FUP, NED, DV

KCHA S8 VOUCHER TERMINATION REPORT

General S8 vouchers

VASH NED DV FUP

2012 % 1.45% 0.74% 0.52% 0.00% 1.47%

2001-2011 %

2.07% 0.14% 0.85% 2.39% 2.36%

National Alliance to End Homelessness: Solutions http://www.endhomelessness.org/pages/solutions

The Vital Link: Connecting Housing & Services http://www.clpha.org/uploads/CLPHA-fullbrochure-final-small.pdf

PHA Toolkit for Supportive Housing http://www.csh.org/phatoolkit